Word: teacher
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...black Little League teammate reminisces about the 11-year-old Bradley threatening to call the mayor of Joplin, Mo., if a local hotel didn't rent the black kid a room, and the 56-year-old Bradley chews his lip and looks at the floor. His second grade music teacher sings his praises, and he gazes into the distance, even forgetting to thank her as she goes by--until his wife, Ernestine Schlant, elbows him and he hauls himself out of the chair and gives the old lady...
Like any other good teacher, Jim Morris thought his students weren't working up to their potential. When kids on the high school baseball team he coached in Big Lake, Texas, complained that he was throwing too hard in batting practice, he told them to quit whining. After all, this was a team that had only three wins in each of the three seasons before Morris showed up in 1997. But the players knew their coach's fastball was major league scary. So when he gave them a pep talk about following their dreams, they challenged him to follow...
...look forward to parent-teacher conferences about as much as I do to periodontal surgery. The night before conference day, I usually have one of those dreams in which I'm in fifth grade playing dodge ball--naked. At my kid's school, we parents wait our turn in the hallway, drinking decaf and trying to hide our anxiety behind our briefcases. When I'm ushered into the classroom, I wedge myself into a Lilliputian desk. Mrs. Widget smiles down with practiced patience. She begins. Nine minutes later, it's all over, and we're shaking hands. By the time...
...think it's a wonderful tribute to Jerry," said Vito Perrone, director of teacher education...
Michael addressed the students yesterday, saying "I will be your preacher-teacher, anything you have in mind." He also encouraged students to attend his office hours, to "put your tiny hand in mine." In the fall of 1997, singer-songwriter Michael attended several lectures, spoke with students, and considered teaching the class. Roles said, "Baby, I'm asking you to stay / Please, please, please, don't go away." Yesterday, Michael explained his transcendental approach to the class, saying "Section's natural, section's fun, section's best when...